Evaluation of the Effect of the BOAT® Structured Prevention Program on Violence in Middle Schools
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Montpellier
About this trial
Violence has major consequences for the health and development of children and teenagers, even though it is commonplace, particularly in secondary schools. The team at the Centre Ressources pour les Intervenants auprès d'Auteurs de Violences Sexuelles Languedoc-Roussillon (CRIAVS-LR, CHU Montpellier) has created a BOite A ouTils to prevent sexual and gender-based violence: the BOAT, for professionals working with children and teenagers aged between 5 and 18. Structured around 5 themes and 4 age groups, the BOAT is very easy to use. The 134 intervention sheets have been validated and designed to target a risk factor (to be reduced) or a protective factor (to be developed) so that children do not become perpetrators or victims of violence.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Middle school students: students enrolled in a middle school included in the study, enrolled in the fourth or ninth grade and randomly selected to participate in the research. The age of a fourth or ninth grader is between 13 and 17.
Educational team: professionals and teachers working in a middle school participating in the research (included in the study).
Disqualifiers
Schoolchildren: opposition to participation in the search by the child's parents (or one of the 2 parents with parental authority) and/or opposition by the child.
Educational team: opposition to participation in the search.
Person unable to speak French
Person unable to understand the nature, purpose and methodology of the study
Trial population
Population of students attending disadvantaged or very disadvantaged middle schools. 60 middle schools will take part in the study, representing a total of 5,400 pupils (one class of ninth graders selected at random per year and per school).
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
The Prevention Toolbox : BOAT®
Other interventionThe Prevention Toolbox targets all forms of violence, but in particular sexual and gender-based violence, through 1 out of 5 themes (Relationships and sexuality) and 10 out of 34 sub-themes. The other 4 themes (Psychosocial skills, Respect and difference, From the virtual to the real, and Understanding and respect for the law) cover all the risk and protection factors for all types of violence.
Treatment groups
5,400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Group BOAT +1 intervention
Group B: Group BOAT -0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
changes in the incidence of violent behavior
The incidence of violent behavior for each study period will be calculated by dividing the number of violent incidents observed in the school, by the number of schoolchildren monitored over the period (in person/year) in the same school.
Time frame
between the three years preceding the middle school's inclusion (period without intervention) and the three years following the start of the study (period with or without intervention, depending on the intervention arm)Secondary outcomes
1
Students' well-being, substance use, risky sexual behavior and suicidal behavior
This computerized questionnaire will be sent via a link and completed directly and anonymously via the National Education Digital Workspace.
Time frame
every year at the end of the school year during three year2
Teachers' perceived stress at work will be assessed using the PSS (Perceived Stress Scale) validated in French
It will be sent to teaching teams and completed anonymously via the ENT (Digital Workspace) offered by the French Ministry of Education.
Time frame
every year at the end of the school year during three year3
School climate will be assessed using an anonymous ICS (Indice of School Climate ) questionnary
It will be sent to educational teams and completed via the ENT (digital Workspace)
Time frame
every year at the end of the school year during three year4
The frequency of disclosures of violence or abuse during interventions
in order to guide them towards an appropriate course of care.
Time frame
every year at the end of the school year during three yearSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov